Makynna's crossword
Across
- 1. What were we granted when the revolutionary war ended?
- 4. Mexican troops tried to seize a cannon held by Teaxans at the town of_.
- 5. Who was the football team named after the 1849 gold rush?
- 6. people who were recruited by the government for grants on mexico.
- 8. Who sent James Monroe to France with an offer to buy New Orleans for $7.5 million?
- 11. A war general that marched soldiers to Nueces river to rio grande
- 12. Great Britain and the United States decided to do what with oregon?
- 14. The slogan that referred to the line of latitude that democrats believed should be the nation's northern border in oregon.
- 15. Who led the old 300?
- 17. Stephen Austin attracted 297 families to his texas settlement soon know as-
- 18. King George lll led what country?
- 22. Who claimed to be the president of mexico
- 24. Texans had to learn Spanish, convert to Catholicism and abide by the Mexican laws What was this called?
- 27. What did John O’Sulivan say, meaning obvious fate?
- 28. Who was voted in the presidential election that decided whether to annex Texas or not?
- 29. The border that Americans thought should separate Texas from mexico
- 30. Why did people want to get to California so fast?
- 31. While people were looking for gold in california these were violent and lonely
Down
- 2. When the gold rush happened what was the outcome?
- 3. Where was Santa Anna captured and forced to exchange his freedom for Tejantos to get out of texas?
- 7. Mexico gave us California and New mexico in what was called_.
- 9. What was a large portion of land bought from France called?
- 10. People of Texas wanted to do what to join the United States?
- 13. What was the term of owning people as property called?
- 16. What was the most common trail going westward?
- 19. When people rushed people to california they built new communities called_.
- 20. Latitude line that split oregon territory and current border for us.
- 21. Some americans were mad about the war in Texas this is an example of_.
- 23. What was the name of the old mission the texans fought out of against the Tajantos
- 25. In this treaty Mexico gave up all claims to Texas and agreed Rio Grande and the border.
- 26. Texans of mexican descent were called
- 30. Houston wanted to prevent other forts from being overrun by the Mexicans so he ordered troops in what city to abandon their positions.